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id='q130' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> </QUESTIONLIST> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q1'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of the following statements regarding Clinton's environmental policies are true except he]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q1_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[blocked road construction and logging in 60 million acres of forests.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[rejected the efforts made by Republicans to put land under federal protection.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[sought to use incentives rather than penalties for environmental changes.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[acted to improve crowd control in Yosemite National Park.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[sought to protect old-growth forests.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q1_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q2'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[After making Clinton a center issue in the 1998 election, congressional Republicans]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q2_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[gained ten seats.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[lost ten seats.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[gained five seats.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[lost five seats.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[gained fifteen seats.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q2_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q3'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA["AmeriCorps" was a program that]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER 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<TEXT><![CDATA[judicial appointments.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[oil exploration.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[immigration reform.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[overhauling Social Security.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[lowering federal spending.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q9_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q10'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[During the 1990s, the income gap between the wealthiest and ordinary workers]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q10_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[narrowed to its smallest difference in thirty years.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[remained about the same throughout the decade.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was less than it had been during the Reagan administration.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[grew steadily wider through the decade.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[lessened until 1996 when it suddenly grew much wider.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q10_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q11'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Compared to the 2000 election, in 2004, George Bush did best in gaining the support of people]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q11_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[in suburbs.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[who regularly attended church.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[who were white.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[who lived in small towns.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q11_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q12'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President Bush replaced William Rehnquist on the Supreme Court with]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q12_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Roberts.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Bolton.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Harriet Myers.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Samuel Alito.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Steven Breyer.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q12_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q13'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The 1992 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Volker.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Warren Buffet.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Dick Morris.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q14_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q15'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 1994, President Clinton sent U.S. troops into ____ in order to reinstate its democratically elected leader.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q15_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Nicaragua]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the Dominican Republic]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Haiti]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Panama]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q15_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q16'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 1993, a bomb ripped through ____ in New York City, evidence that terrorism had reached the United States.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q16_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the Empire State Building]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Grand Central Station]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Penn Station]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the World Trade Center]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Metropolitan Museum]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q16_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q17'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The response to the economic crisis in finance and real estate in 2006 by Hank Paulson was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q17_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an internationally coordinated trade and tariff agreement.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an across the board tax cut.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the Troubled Assets Relief Program.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an economic stimulus package for families.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[to bail out Goldman Sachs.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q17_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q18'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[All the following statements regarding the 1996 presidential election are true except]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q18_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Robert Dole chose Jack Kemp as his Republican running mate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ross Perot ran again as he had in 1992 though he was less aggressive.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton won with just over 50 percent of the vote.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton was the first Democratic to win at least two terms since Franklin Roosevelt.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton had about the same margin of victory as in 1992.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q18_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q19'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the election of 2008]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q19_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain mounted a significant smear campaign against Barack Obama.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Sarah Palin became the first female vice presidential candidate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Barack Obama choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Barack Obama became the first African American president.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain tried to ride on the immense popularity of George W. Bush.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q19_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q20'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President Clinton pulled U.S. troops out of Somalia after]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q20_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[public opinion turned against the American involvement.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[conservatives criticized him for attempting to do "nation building."]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[eighteen service personnel died.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[factional warfare developed.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q20_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q21'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of the following were terrorist attacks directed at the United States by Islamic militants except]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q21_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[bombing of U.S. embassy in Kenya in 1998.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[attack on the battleship, the Cole, in 2000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[World Trade Center bombing, 1993.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[bombing of U.S. embassy in Tanzania in 1998.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q21_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q22'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President Bush proclaimed an end to "significant combat" in the Iraq war]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q22_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[less than two months after it began.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[from the Oval office.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[after the capture of Saddam Hussein.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[before the U.S. troops had reached Baghdad.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q22_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q23'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Supreme Court vote that ultimately decided the 2000 election was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q23_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[9 to 0.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[8 to 1.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[7 to 2.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[6 to 3.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[5 to 4.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q23_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q24'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[When the Bush administration began the invasion of Iraq in 2003]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q24_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[it followed the Pentagon's recommendations regarding the troops needed.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[it sought to create a system of governance among the Iraqis.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[a ground attack was begun without any air support.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[news reporters were not allowed to accompany troops.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[it started in the month of May before the weather got too hot.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q24_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q25'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the 2002 elections, Republicans]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q25_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[gained seats in the Senate but lost some in the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[lost seats in the Senate but gained some in the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[gained seats in the Senate and in the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[saw no change in seats in the Senate but gained some in the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[saw no changes in seats in either the Senate or the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q25_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q26'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Shortly after September 11, 2001, President Bush announced he would wage a war against]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q26_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Iran.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Iraq.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Afghanistan.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[terrorism.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q26_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q27'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 1998, Republican Speaker of House, Newt Gingrich, was forced to resign from office due to]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q27_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[illegal campaign contributions.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[hiring family members on his staff.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[being arrested for drunk driving.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[making a racial joke.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an extramarital affair.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q27_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q28'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Texas-based energy company that would become the most infamous example of corruption in the 1990s was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q28_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Adelphia.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Enron.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Tyco.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A.T.T.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Tyson.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q28_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q29'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of the following statements regarding the Clinton impeachment are true except]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q29_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton's approval ratings rose while the special prosecutor's ratings fell.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the special prosecutor who discovered the affair was a conservative Republican.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton was impeached on the grounds he had obstructed justice.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton initially denied the affair and later recanted.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the economy showed solid growth during the impeachment debate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q29_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q30'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the 2000 election, the key state in deciding the winner of the presidency was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q30_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Texas.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Florida.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ohio.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[New Hampshire.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Nevada.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q30_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q31'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the 2004 presidential election, John Kerry was fiercely attacked over his]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q31_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[voting record in the Senate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[allegations of affairs.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[choice of a running mate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Vietnam War record.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[campaign contributions.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q31_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q32'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[One area in which Democrats seemed disappointed in Barack Obama involves]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q32_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[his position on gay marriage.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q32_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[his healthcare programs.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q32_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[his retention of former Bush appointees and position on the war.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q32_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[his use of social networking and technology.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q32_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q32_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q33'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the 2004 presidential election, George W. Bush's margin of victory in the popular was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q33_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[less than 1 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q33_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[less than 3 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q33_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[more than 5 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q33_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[more than 8 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q33_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[more than 12 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q33_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q34'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[By the end of 2006, the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq was nearly]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q34_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[3,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q34_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[4,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q34_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[5,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q34_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[6,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q34_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[8,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q34_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q35'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The most accurate assessment of the Clinton administration's controversial $20 billion loan to Mexico in 1995 would be that it was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q35_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[very successful for both countries.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q35_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[a continuing source of friction between the two nations.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q35_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[a political fiasco for President Clinton.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q35_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an embarrassment for both countries.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q35_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[a good financial deal for Mexico but a bad one for the United States.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q35_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q36'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 2006, the war in Iraq cost the United States ____ billion dollars a month.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q36_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[two]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q36_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[three]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q36_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[four]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q36_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[five]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q36_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[six]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q36_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q37'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The "No Child Left Behind" program dealt with the issue of]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q37_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[education.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q37_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[foster care.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q37_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[homeless children.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q37_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[sexual predators.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q37_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[physical fitness.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q37_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q38'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bill Clinton's assets as president included all of the following except his]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q38_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[youth, vitality, and musical tastes.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q38_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[successful health-care reform plan.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q38_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[culturally diverse administration included African Americans, Latinos, and women in key roles.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q38_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[image as a "New Democrat" who wanted to reduce taxes and government spending.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q38_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[support for welfare reform.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q38_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q39'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In foreign policy, President Bill Clinton]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q39_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[continued a trade embargo against Vietnam.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q39_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[expanded international markets and lowered trade barriers in Asia and North America.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q39_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[offered nuclear weapons to South Korea as a deterrent to North Korean aggression.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q39_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[established friendly relations with Cuba.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q39_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[broke off relations with Israel.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q39_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q40'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Soon after being reelected, President Bush sought a radical overhaul of]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q40_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[drug enforcement.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q40_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[public housing.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q40_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[immigration policy.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q40_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[energy regulations.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q40_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Social Security.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q40_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q41'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 2005, an official U.S. government report concluded that, in 2003, Iraq]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q41_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[did have biological weapons though it was unclear what happened to them.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q41_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[destroyed its biological weapons once the U.S. invaded.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q41_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[did not have either biological or nuclear weapons when the U.S. invaded.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q41_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[had no desire to possess weapons of mass destruction.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q41_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[had ended all purchases of military weapons of any kind.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q41_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q42'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Criticism of the federal government's handling of the Hurricane Katrina included]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q42_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the inability to accurately account for the number of dead and missing.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q42_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an inadequacy to prepare for such a disaster.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q42_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[failure to provide timely and effective relief.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q42_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[videotape that contradicted statements made by White House officials.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q42_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q42_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q43'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The most conservative faction of the Republican Party are known as]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q43_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the New Right.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q43_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the New Left.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q43_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Liberal Conservatives.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q43_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Libertarians.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q43_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the Tea Party.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q43_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q44'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[During the Clinton presidency,]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q44_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[crime statistics dropped dramatically.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q44_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[unemployment fell below 4 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q44_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[more than sixteen million jobs were created.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q44_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[welfare rolls declined by 6/7ths.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q44_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q44_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q45'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The (George W.) 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Bush.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q49_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[as a Republican.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q49_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q50'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the election of 2000, a majority of white men voted for]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q50_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Al Gore.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q50_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ralph Nader.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q50_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[George W. 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He made strong appeals to women, to younger people (even appearing on MTV), and to voters of color; and he portrayed himself as a "new Democrat" who was not wedded to the "liberal, tax-and-spend" policies that Republicans associated with his party. Although Bush was never as conservative as Reagan, he still emphasized many of the themes of his predecessor. The campaign was bitterly fought. Clinton had to withstand questions about extramarital affairs, and Bush had to explain the reversal on his pledge against any new taxes. Billionaire Ross Perot, who ran an unorthodox campaign that relied on his private fortune and media appearances, garnered almost 20 percent of the popular vote. 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On social issues, he pushed for gun control and supported measures that would remove some of the legal obstacles to abortions. In addition, he submitted budgets that held the line on spending and increased taxes on higher incomes. Even before the stunning election of a Republican-controlled Congress in 1994, Clinton's chances of promoting his domestic agenda grew increasingly slim, particularly when his plan for health-care reform died in Congress. In the area of foreign policy, Clinton proved more active, but often was accused of lacking a clear agenda. In some measure, this charge stemmed from his administration's need to develop policies attuned to the new complexities of a post-Cold War world. Many wondered, for example, under what conditions the United States should participate in the various "peacekeeping" missions¾such as those in Somalia and Bosnia¾that were being mounted by the United Nations and NATO. Clinton's most decisive move came in Haiti where he deployed a limited number of troops in September 1994 to topple a repressive military regime and restore the democratically elected president, Jean Bertrand Aristide. The main focus of Clinton's foreign policy came in the promotion of international economic growth through free-trade arrangements; with crucial Republican support, he secured Senate approval of the NAFTA agreement and pressed for a revision in tariff agreements.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q129'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Assess the success and failures of the Bush administration and how did they impact the election of 2008.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q129_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[George W. Bush came into the office of president in 2000 as a "compassionate conservative". Despite the disputed election results, Bush proceeded to actively pursue his agenda as if he had been given a mandate by the people. He quickly sought tax cuts, engaged in education reforms with "No Child Left Behind" and sought to expand oil drilling at the expense of the development of alternative sources of energy. His popularity did soar after his response to the attacks of September 11 and that gave him greater freedom to implement unilateral foreign policy decisions without collaborating with in an international arena, as Clinton. Over the course of his two terms in office, Bush, escalated American troop involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq abroad, and at home extended the deregulation of business at home. Toward the close of his presidency, major domestic economic and international issues created significant challenges to the president and he appeared unable to meet those challenges. The 43rd president began strong, but over time, his policies created a dissatisfied American populace. The culmination of these issues surfaced in the election of 2008. The two candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama first focused on international conflicts and then shifted to domestic economic distress. The "Great Recession" required a solution and McCain's association with Bush via the Republican Party worked to his disadvantage. In contrast, Barack Obama utilized advanced technology and social networking sites to gain a greater following with younger voters. As a result, he appeared more able to meet the growing challenges and won easily in 2008.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q130'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Discuss major economic changes since 2000 and their impact on politics.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q130_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Essay should address several key points: <div style="font-size:2pt"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"><tr valign="top"><td>A.</td><td colspan="2">Economic changes since 2000</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>1.</td><td>Deregulation, Henry Paulson, and the SEC rulings</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>2.</td><td>ENRON and major scandals</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>3.</td><td>Real Estate, the housing bubble, and sub-prime mortgages</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>B.</td><td colspan="2">Economic Troubles Surface in 2006</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>1.</td><td>Housing bubble and real estate</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>2.</td><td>TARP and $700 billion</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>3.</td><td>Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>C.</td><td colspan="2">Impact of the recession on the election of 2008</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>1.</td><td>John McCain and the Republican Party</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>2.</td><td>Barack Obama and the Democratic Party</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>D.</td><td colspan="2">New Technology</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>1.</td><td>Advent of the internet and social networking</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>2.</td><td>Use of social networking and the internet by Obama in 2008</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>3.</td><td>New economic challenges as a result of electronic media versus print media</td></tr><tr height="0" style="border:none"><td width="7%"></td><td width="7%"></td><td width="86%"></td></tr></table>]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION

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id='q130' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> </QUESTIONLIST> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q1'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of the following statements regarding Clinton's environmental policies are true except he]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q1_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[blocked road construction and logging in 60 million acres of forests.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[rejected the efforts made by Republicans to put land under federal protection.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[sought to use incentives rather than penalties for environmental changes.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[acted to improve crowd control in Yosemite National Park.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[sought to protect old-growth forests.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q1_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q2'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[After making Clinton a center issue in the 1998 election, congressional Republicans]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q2_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[gained ten seats.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[lost ten seats.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[gained five seats.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[lost five seats.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[gained fifteen seats.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q2_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q3'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA["AmeriCorps" was a program that]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER 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<TEXT><![CDATA[judicial appointments.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[oil exploration.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[immigration reform.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[overhauling Social Security.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[lowering federal spending.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q9_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q10'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[During the 1990s, the income gap between the wealthiest and ordinary workers]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q10_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[narrowed to its smallest difference in thirty years.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[remained about the same throughout the decade.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was less than it had been during the Reagan administration.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[grew steadily wider through the decade.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[lessened until 1996 when it suddenly grew much wider.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q10_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q11'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Compared to the 2000 election, in 2004, George Bush did best in gaining the support of people]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q11_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[in suburbs.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[who regularly attended church.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[who were white.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[who lived in small towns.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q11_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q12'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President Bush replaced William Rehnquist on the Supreme Court with]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q12_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Roberts.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Bolton.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Harriet Myers.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Samuel Alito.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Steven Breyer.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q12_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q13'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The 1992 Democratic nominee for the presidency was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q13_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bill Clinton.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Michael Dukakis.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Al Gore.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Edward Kennedy.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Joe Lieberman]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q13_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q14'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[During the Clinton years, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q14_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ira Bond.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Paul Volker.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Warren Buffet.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Dick Morris.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q14_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q15'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 1994, President Clinton sent U.S. troops into ____ in order to reinstate its democratically elected leader.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q15_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Nicaragua]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the Dominican Republic]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Haiti]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Panama]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q15_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q16'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 1993, a bomb ripped through ____ in New York City, evidence that terrorism had reached the United States.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q16_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the Empire State Building]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Grand Central Station]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Penn Station]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the World Trade Center]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Metropolitan Museum]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q16_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q17'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The response to the economic crisis in finance and real estate in 2006 by Hank Paulson was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q17_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an internationally coordinated trade and tariff agreement.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an across the board tax cut.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the Troubled Assets Relief Program.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an economic stimulus package for families.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[to bail out Goldman Sachs.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q17_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q18'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[All the following statements regarding the 1996 presidential election are true except]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q18_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Robert Dole chose Jack Kemp as his Republican running mate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ross Perot ran again as he had in 1992 though he was less aggressive.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton won with just over 50 percent of the vote.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton was the first Democratic to win at least two terms since Franklin Roosevelt.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton had about the same margin of victory as in 1992.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q18_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q19'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the election of 2008]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q19_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain mounted a significant smear campaign against Barack Obama.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Sarah Palin became the first female vice presidential candidate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Barack Obama choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Barack Obama became the first African American president.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain tried to ride on the immense popularity of George W. Bush.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q19_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q20'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President Clinton pulled U.S. troops out of Somalia after]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q20_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[public opinion turned against the American involvement.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[conservatives criticized him for attempting to do "nation building."]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[eighteen service personnel died.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[factional warfare developed.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q20_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q21'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of the following were terrorist attacks directed at the United States by Islamic militants except]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q21_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[bombing of U.S. embassy in Kenya in 1998.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[attack on the battleship, the Cole, in 2000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[World Trade Center bombing, 1993.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[bombing of U.S. embassy in Tanzania in 1998.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q21_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q22'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President Bush proclaimed an end to "significant combat" in the Iraq war]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML 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<TEXT><![CDATA[8 to 1.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[7 to 2.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[6 to 3.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[5 to 4.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q23_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q24'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[When the Bush administration began the invasion of Iraq in 2003]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q24_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[it followed the Pentagon's recommendations regarding the troops needed.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[it sought to create a system of governance among the Iraqis.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[a ground attack was begun without any air support.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[news reporters were not allowed to accompany troops.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[it started in the month of May before the weather got too hot.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q24_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q25'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the 2002 elections, Republicans]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q25_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[gained seats in the Senate but lost some in the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[lost seats in the Senate but gained some in the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[gained seats in the Senate and in the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[saw no change in seats in the Senate but gained some in the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[saw no changes in seats in either the Senate or the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q25_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q26'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Shortly after September 11, 2001, President Bush announced he would wage a war against]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q26_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Iran.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Iraq.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Afghanistan.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[terrorism.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q26_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q27'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 1998, Republican Speaker of House, Newt Gingrich, was forced to resign from office due to]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q27_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[illegal campaign contributions.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[hiring family members on his staff.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[being arrested for drunk driving.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[making a racial joke.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an extramarital affair.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q27_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q28'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Texas-based energy company that would become the most infamous example of corruption in the 1990s was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q28_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Adelphia.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Enron.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Tyco.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A.T.T.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Tyson.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q28_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q29'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of the following statements regarding the Clinton impeachment are true except]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q29_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton's approval ratings rose while the special prosecutor's ratings fell.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the special prosecutor who discovered the affair was a conservative Republican.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton was impeached on the grounds he had obstructed justice.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton initially denied the affair and later recanted.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the economy showed solid growth during the impeachment debate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q29_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q30'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the 2000 election, the key state in deciding the winner of the presidency was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q30_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Texas.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Florida.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ohio.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[New Hampshire.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Nevada.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q30_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q31'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the 2004 presidential election, John Kerry was fiercely attacked over his]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q31_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[voting record in the Senate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[allegations of affairs.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[choice of a running mate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Vietnam War record.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[campaign contributions.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q31_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q32'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[One area in which Democrats seemed disappointed in Barack Obama involves]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q32_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[his position on gay marriage.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q32_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[his healthcare programs.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q32_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[his retention of former Bush appointees and position on the war.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q32_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[his use of social networking and technology.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q32_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q32_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q33'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the 2004 presidential election, George W. Bush's margin of victory in the popular was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q33_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[less than 1 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q33_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[less than 3 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q33_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[more than 5 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q33_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[more than 8 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q33_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[more than 12 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q33_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q34'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[By the end of 2006, the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq was nearly]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q34_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[3,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q34_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[4,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q34_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[5,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q34_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[6,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q34_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[8,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q34_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q35'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The most accurate assessment of the Clinton administration's controversial $20 billion loan to Mexico in 1995 would be that it was]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q35_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[very successful for both countries.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q35_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[a continuing source of friction between the two nations.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q35_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[a political fiasco for President Clinton.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q35_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an embarrassment for both countries.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q35_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[a good financial deal for Mexico but a bad one for the United States.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q35_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q36'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 2006, the war in Iraq cost the United States ____ billion dollars a month.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q36_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[two]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q36_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[three]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q36_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[four]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q36_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[five]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q36_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[six]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q36_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q37'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The "No Child Left Behind" program dealt with the issue of]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q37_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[education.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q37_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[foster care.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q37_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[homeless children.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q37_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[sexual predators.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q37_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[physical fitness.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q37_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q38'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bill Clinton's assets as president included all of the following except his]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q38_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[youth, vitality, and musical tastes.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q38_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[successful health-care reform plan.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q38_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[culturally diverse administration included African Americans, Latinos, and women in key roles.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q38_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[image as a "New Democrat" who wanted to reduce taxes and government spending.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q38_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[support for welfare reform.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q38_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q39'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In foreign policy, President Bill Clinton]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q39_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[continued a trade embargo against Vietnam.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER 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id='q40_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[immigration policy.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q40_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[energy regulations.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q40_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Social Security.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q40_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q41'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 2005, an official U.S. government report concluded that, in 2003, Iraq]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q41_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[did have biological weapons though it was unclear what happened to them.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q41_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[destroyed its biological weapons once the U.S. invaded.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q41_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[did not have either biological or nuclear weapons when the U.S. invaded.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q41_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[had no desire to possess weapons of mass destruction.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q41_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[had ended all purchases of military weapons of any kind.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q41_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q42'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Criticism of the federal government's handling of the Hurricane Katrina included]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q42_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the inability to accurately account for the number of dead and missing.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q42_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[an inadequacy to prepare for such a disaster.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q42_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[failure to provide timely and effective relief.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q42_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[videotape that contradicted statements made by White House officials.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q42_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q42_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q43'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The most conservative faction of the Republican Party are known as]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q43_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the New Right.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q43_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the New Left.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q43_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Liberal Conservatives.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q43_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Libertarians.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q43_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[the Tea Party.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q43_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q44'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[During the Clinton presidency,]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q44_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[crime statistics dropped dramatically.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q44_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[unemployment fell below 4 percent.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q44_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[more than sixteen million jobs were created.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q44_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[welfare rolls declined by 6/7ths.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q44_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[all of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q44_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q45'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The (George W.) "Bush Doctrine"]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q45_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[called for tax cuts to stimulate the economy.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q45_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[challenged the Soviet Union's dominance in Eastern Europe.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q45_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[asserted U.S. authority to wage preemptive war.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q45_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[supported domestic legislation to enhance surveillance of suspected terrorists.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q45_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[called for U.S. dominance in Latin America.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q45_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q46'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President George W. Bush's popularity soared]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q46_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[when he introduced his tax cut package.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q46_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[after the terrorist attacks on U.S. targets in Washington and New York.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q46_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[when he announced his energy program.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q46_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[when he took a tough stand against corporate fraud.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q46_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[when he ordered the invasion of Panama.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q46_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q47'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President George W. Bush's proposals for educational reform called for]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q47_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[mandatory, nationwide testing of children as a means of determining which schools were teaching effectively.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q47_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[abolishing the use of standardized tests to determine the success of students and schools.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q47_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[reducing the involvement of the federal government in education and empowering the states to control their school systems.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q47_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[abolishing the public school system.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q47_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[using federal funds to increase teacher salaries.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q47_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q48'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Which of the following will be a consequence of developing internet technology?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q48_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Americans will lose the ability to research for information.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q48_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Americans will become more individually oriented.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q48_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Printed publications will go out of business.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q48_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Media will become completely unbiased.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q48_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these choices]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q48_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q49'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ralph Nader ran for President in 2000]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q49_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[on the American Party ticket.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q49_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[on the Green Party ticket.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q49_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[as a "compassionate conservative."]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q49_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[as an attempt to divide the support of George W. Bush.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q49_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[as a Republican.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q49_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q50'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the election of 2000, a majority of white men voted for]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q50_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Al Gore.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q50_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ralph Nader.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q50_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[George W. Bush.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q50_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ross Perot.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q50_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Edward Kennedy.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q50_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q51'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[From the 1990s on, Americans seem very interested in court cases.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q51_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q51_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q51_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q52'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Mexico paid back a controversial $20 billion loan from the Clinton administration within a year with $1 billion in interest.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q52_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q52_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q52_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q53'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Bush administration has argued for a loose definition of what constitutes torture.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q53_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q53_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q53_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q54'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Supreme Court vote that ultimately decided the 2000 election was unanimous.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q54_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q54_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q54_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q55'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[At the end of 2006, the war in Iraq was very unpopular in the United States.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q55_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q55_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q55_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q56'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Kenneth Starr was hired as a special prosecutor to investigate allegation that Bill Clinton had a sexual affair with a white House intern.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q56_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q56_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q56_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q57'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The attacks of September 11, 2001 were the first times that Islamic terrorism had been directed against the United States.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q57_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q57_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q57_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q58'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Clinton worked more in the international community and consulted leaders before making key decisions than Bush did.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q58_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q58_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q58_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q59'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Americans are in complete agreement that the Obama administration did everything possible to resolve the BP oil spill.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q59_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q59_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q59_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q60'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain more successfully used social networking sites than Barack Obama.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q60_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q60_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q60_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q61'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Compared to Bill Clinton in executive style, George W. 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This very significant trade legislation was strongly endorsed by Bill Clinton as part of his effort to expand global markets.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q122'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q122_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[approved by Congress in 1996 with the endorsement of Bill Clinton, it was the most significant change to the national welfare system since the 1930s. It replaced the AFDC program which provided funds and services to poor families headed by single unemployed women, with more flexible block grants to states.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q123'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANE)]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q123_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[a part of PRWORA, this program allowed states, following general federal guidelines, to devise their own welfare and work programs. This approach was both praised and was controversial. Supporters said it would save money and encourage employment, while critics said the five-year limitation on funds over a person's lifetime and the requirement to find work within two years of receiving aid underestimated the difficulties facing people without job skills.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q124'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ross Perot]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q124_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Texas billionaire who spent millions to form his own third party and promote his bids for the presidency in 1992 and 1996.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q125'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bush Doctrine]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q125_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[formulated by George W. Bush in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Under the doctrine, Bush sought authority to wage preventive war against any force, including foreign nations, that he considered a threat. Meant that the United States would not simply respond to threats to its national security, as in the past, but would mount preventive military strikes whenever and wherever it seemed necessary to protect U.S. interests. Led to an immediate and appreciable rise in Bush's approval ratings.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q126'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ralph Nader]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q126_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Consumer rights advocate and Green Party candidate for president in 2000. Received less than 3 percent of the popular vote.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q127'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Analyze the presidential election of 1992¾the aspirants, their goals, and the results.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q127_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[The election of 1992 seemed to herald the end of the "Reagan Era," but, in early 1992, few would have predicted the defeat of George Bush, who, on the heels of the Persian Gulf War, had reached the highest point of popularity in his administration. By November, however, it was clear that many Americans were willing to give the Democratic opposition a hearing, and Bill Clinton, governor of Arkansas, gained his party's nomination. He advocated reducing the national debt, creating a national health-care program, and restructuring welfare. He made strong appeals to women, to younger people (even appearing on MTV), and to voters of color; and he portrayed himself as a "new Democrat" who was not wedded to the "liberal, tax-and-spend" policies that Republicans associated with his party. Although Bush was never as conservative as Reagan, he still emphasized many of the themes of his predecessor. The campaign was bitterly fought. Clinton had to withstand questions about extramarital affairs, and Bush had to explain the reversal on his pledge against any new taxes. Billionaire Ross Perot, who ran an unorthodox campaign that relied on his private fortune and media appearances, garnered almost 20 percent of the popular vote. Ultimately, Clinton won an impressive victory in the electoral balloting, but he gained less than a majority of the popular vote.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q128'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Characterize the first three years of the Clinton presidency¾its goals and objectives in the areas of foreign and domestic policy.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q128_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[President Bill Clinton was elected on a platform that challenged many of the political programs of the Reagan-Bush era. He advocated increased government involvement in such areas as environmental regulation, economic stimulation, and health care. Despite trying to distance himself from the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party and from the label of "tax-and-spend liberal," Clinton still endorsed a stronger role for the federal government than his Republican predecessors had. On social issues, he pushed for gun control and supported measures that would remove some of the legal obstacles to abortions. In addition, he submitted budgets that held the line on spending and increased taxes on higher incomes. Even before the stunning election of a Republican-controlled Congress in 1994, Clinton's chances of promoting his domestic agenda grew increasingly slim, particularly when his plan for health-care reform died in Congress. In the area of foreign policy, Clinton proved more active, but often was accused of lacking a clear agenda. In some measure, this charge stemmed from his administration's need to develop policies attuned to the new complexities of a post-Cold War world. Many wondered, for example, under what conditions the United States should participate in the various "peacekeeping" missions¾such as those in Somalia and Bosnia¾that were being mounted by the United Nations and NATO. Clinton's most decisive move came in Haiti where he deployed a limited number of troops in September 1994 to topple a repressive military regime and restore the democratically elected president, Jean Bertrand Aristide. The main focus of Clinton's foreign policy came in the promotion of international economic growth through free-trade arrangements; with crucial Republican support, he secured Senate approval of the NAFTA agreement and pressed for a revision in tariff agreements.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q129'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Assess the success and failures of the Bush administration and how did they impact the election of 2008.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q129_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[George W. Bush came into the office of president in 2000 as a "compassionate conservative". Despite the disputed election results, Bush proceeded to actively pursue his agenda as if he had been given a mandate by the people. He quickly sought tax cuts, engaged in education reforms with "No Child Left Behind" and sought to expand oil drilling at the expense of the development of alternative sources of energy. His popularity did soar after his response to the attacks of September 11 and that gave him greater freedom to implement unilateral foreign policy decisions without collaborating with in an international arena, as Clinton. Over the course of his two terms in office, Bush, escalated American troop involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq abroad, and at home extended the deregulation of business at home. Toward the close of his presidency, major domestic economic and international issues created significant challenges to the president and he appeared unable to meet those challenges. The 43rd president began strong, but over time, his policies created a dissatisfied American populace. The culmination of these issues surfaced in the election of 2008. The two candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama first focused on international conflicts and then shifted to domestic economic distress. The "Great Recession" required a solution and McCain's association with Bush via the Republican Party worked to his disadvantage. In contrast, Barack Obama utilized advanced technology and social networking sites to gain a greater following with younger voters. As a result, he appeared more able to meet the growing challenges and won easily in 2008.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q130'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Discuss major economic changes since 2000 and their impact on politics.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q130_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Essay should address several key points: <div style="font-size:2pt"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"><tr valign="top"><td>A.</td><td colspan="2">Economic changes since 2000</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>1.</td><td>Deregulation, Henry Paulson, and the SEC rulings</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>2.</td><td>ENRON and major scandals</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>3.</td><td>Real Estate, the housing bubble, and sub-prime mortgages</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>B.</td><td colspan="2">Economic Troubles Surface in 2006</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>1.</td><td>Housing bubble and real estate</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>2.</td><td>TARP and $700 billion</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>3.</td><td>Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>C.</td><td colspan="2">Impact of the recession on the election of 2008</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>1.</td><td>John McCain and the Republican Party</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>2.</td><td>Barack Obama and the Democratic Party</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>D.</td><td colspan="2">New Technology</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>1.</td><td>Advent of the internet and social networking</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>2.</td><td>Use of social networking and the internet by Obama in 2008</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>3.</td><td>New economic challenges as a result of electronic media versus print media</td></tr><tr height="0" style="border:none"><td width="7%"></td><td width="7%"></td><td width="86%"></td></tr></table>]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> </POOL>